Revenue will increase by 15% within 12 months as team leaders use inclusive practices to encourag...

1. Share a detailed agenda with team members prior to meeting

1.1. In the agenda, outline what input will be needed from team members

1.2. In the agenda, outline how input will be collected in the meeting

2. Begin meetings by having everyone briefly share on a non high-stakes topic

3. Apply strategies to invite all team members' voices

3.1. Explain that the preference for ideas is quantity over quality

3.2. Explain the intention to defer judgement of ideas

3.3. Explain the intention to embrace unconventional or imaginative ideas

3.4. Participate along with team members in any input gathering activity

3.5. Invite all team members to write down their ideas

3.6. After ideas are gathered, display ideas for all team members to view

3.7. Use a digital or visual tool to capture individual team members' input on an idea or topic

4. Employ strategies to engage team members who may feel excluded or reluctant to contribute ideas

4.1. Extend a personal invitation to the individual to contribute

4.2. Express sincere interest in hearing their thoughts

4.3. Capture the idea in written form for later review

5. After meetings or discussions, follow up via email with additional ways that team members could provide feedback or ideas

5.1. If ideas are generated by team members after the meeting, add them to any shared artifact for team view

6. Thank the team for the ideas they have submitted

6.1. Send a collective thank you message to the whole team

6.2. Send an personalized thank you message to each team member